Lot Essay
See Catalogue of the Herbert Allen Collection of English Porcelain, pl. 60, fig. 295 for a pot-pourri similar in shape to the present example but raised on a tall plinth.
CIRCA 1810, IRON-RED SCRIPT LONDON SHOWROOM MARKS
Details
A PAIR OF WORCESTER (BARR, FLIGHT, & BARR) CUSTARD-GROUND POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1810, iron-red script London showroom marks
Each of campana form with snake handles rising from goat-mask terminals, the cover pierced with lozenges and circles and with a winged sphinx finial, the front painted with peasant children in landscapes within a gilt band, the back gilt with a band of acanthus above the custard ground, the gilt circular foot and square base reserved with foliate scrolls
5in. (14cm.) wide overall (2)
Circa 1810, iron-red script London showroom marks
Each of campana form with snake handles rising from goat-mask terminals, the cover pierced with lozenges and circles and with a winged sphinx finial, the front painted with peasant children in landscapes within a gilt band, the back gilt with a band of acanthus above the custard ground, the gilt circular foot and square base reserved with foliate scrolls
5in. (14cm.) wide overall (2)
Provenance
William P. Harbeson, Sotheby Parke-Bernet New York, 4 April 1972, lot 146, $425